In a 12-month period from the July 2024 to June 2025, a total of 6,186 Bhutanese students and their dependents have availed themselves of student visas. This is the third highest ever number of visas granted compared to 15,552 visas in 2022-23 financial year and 9,787 visas in the 2023-24 …
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Last week this paper featured the case of entrepreneur Jangchub Dorji who had a start up in the frozen fries business, but had to stop and drive a taxi after facing various bureaucratic hurdles and the final straw being the rejection of his ESP loan. There is new hope now …
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The Regional Office of Industry, Commerce and Employment based in Gelephu, in a letter dated on 31st July 2025, cancelled the ‘Organization of conventions and trade shows (including Event Management)’ license for the basement of the Damphu building owned by Rajen Tamang. The license was in the named of Rajen’s …
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Vehicles previously assigned to P1-level officers and Specialists have now been withdrawn and reassigned to the general vehicle pool following a directive issued by the Ministry of Finance (MoF) earlier this year. Finance Minister, Lekey Dorji said only Ex-3 and above can be assigned duty vehicles. The move came after …
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His Majesty The King granted Dakyen to appoint the new Chief Justice of Bhutan on 23 July 2025. His Majesty also granted dhar to appoint Ambassadors to Kuwait and the Permanent Mission of Bhutan to the United Nations in Geneva. The new Chief Justice of Bhutan is Norbu Tshering, who …
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Back in October 2022, The Bhutanese featured a promising young entrepreneur, Jangchub Dorji, who had started a startup called Kuen-Gha Potato Fingerling that was selling frozen fries, and in fact, he was the first Bhutanese to do so. Jangchub’s plan, at the time, was to replace the import of foreign …
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The Director of Compliance and Enforcement at the Governor’s Office of the Gelephu Mindfulness City (GMC), Yeshi Choki, was a Director in the Audit and Assurance team in the prestigious international company, Deloitte in Australia. She could have stayed on in her job in Australia with a much higher pay …
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A total of 908 civil servants have separated from the civil service in the last six months from January to June 2025. Out of the 908 who got separated, 634 voluntarily resigned, which means a majority of them would have likely gone for studies or personal opportunities abroad. 103 completed …
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The Chamgang Prison in Thimphu is currently operating at nearly 50% over capacity, with 653 inmates housed in a facility built to accommodate only 400. Despite efforts to address the overcrowding through skilling programs for further deployment OAP programs, the rising number of inmates continues to persist. Chamgang is Bhutan’s …
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Their Royal Highness Gyalsey Jigme Namgyel and Gyalsey Ugyen Wangchuck Her Majesty The Gyaltsuen Volunteers from across Sarpang Dzongkhag, along with many others from different parts of Bhutan, have come to the Gelephu International Airport site to take part in the ongoing work preparing for the construction of the airport. …
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The Bhutanese Leading the way.